I'll keep the 2009 Great Collector's Challenge pinned for awhile for those who have not posted their damage year end tally yet.

This year starts off with a bang for me, I have already past the $500. US mark & only 4 days in. What's in it for me this year, anything vintage that is eye candy, maybe the odd animated character maqettes (1 on preorder) & animated character keys if any are done this year. SW Kubricks, well you know I can't past them up so that is going to put a hole in the wallet bank account.

I have also been working on my Space 1999 focus so I can see that putting more some more damage "2nd mortage".

I will have to see what happens before/during C5 & what I can find/get. I can see some $$$$ spent in Orlando.

I've done really good in January so far this year. Last year my goal was $2000 and I went over by about $44, all in all a good year. I think I'm going to try for a loose goal of $1500 this year. I've really stopped buying as much and retail has been so slow that i think I can mange that. As long as I don't go over $2000 though I'll be happy.

Ok, I'm going to try to keep better track again this year after getting off last year. Hoping to reign things in again this year a bit, and should have some slow months coming up until the "vintage" line is released. Here's the month of January for me:

I've been doing surprisingly well for just SW stuff. January was pretty slim pickings all around for me. I didn't find much new, so I didn't even have the opportunity to buy much. All told I got 6 figures. Nothing else, not ships, no battle packs or comics packs. So with tax I spent just a little over $50.February is shaping up to be about the same. Only 3 figures purchased at full price and 4 figures at a deep discounted price due to TRU's Pres. Day sale, and one Galactic Heroes pack. Current Feb. tally: $50.

I've budgeted $600 for this year (though I can go over). Given that I still need to catch up on the ANH wave (need Chewie with the Orange droid part) and all but the Black Bespin Guard of the ESB wave, I've got some collecting to do before the summer stuff. But beyond that not much until then. So while there will be a lot of stuff then, I still should be able to stay relative close to my budget, even with the AT-AT, Snowspeeder, and Cloud Car.

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